Realm of Power

Thirty years ago, the Commander-in-Chief of the Aden Navy, Gudeago, who had just turned 37, stood on the Mas Bay Strait with the sunset like blood, leaving behind a thin and majestic figure in the southern mainland.

The original owner of Mas Bay, the Pokrit State of the South Continent, reluctantly and humiliatingly signed an agreement to cede Mas Bay.

From then on, the ships of the Nansi people could only bend their heads and pay an almost sky-high toll to the Aden people when passing through the Bay of Meuse. For example, for goods worth three hundred gold, one hundred and twenty gold was paid. The tolls of the Aden people were also the main reason for the rapid shrinkage of maritime trade in the South China Sea. Thirty years ago, the fleets of the South China Sea countries traveled in all directions, reaching as far as From Lisbonto in the north of Europa, we reached the port of Quanzhou in the Central Asian Empire in the east. Twenty years ago, the fleets of the Nansi countries could only reach the southern entrance of the sea. Ten years ago, the merchant ships of the Nansi people The fleet has been squeezed out by the Aden people and only dares to appear near the inland sea. In contrast, the Aden navy is expanding crazily. Warships with the Aden star and moon flag are crisscrossing the seas, showing off their power.

In the golden age of Aden's navy, when Aden merchants drove merchant ships loaded with goods to and from the waters of Aden and the waters of Central Asia, standing on the golden waterway of Mas Bay, one could proudly see the endless flow of fleets flying the star and crescent flag. , all people in Aden believe that Aden will always be strong, and this maritime hegemony will continue until the end of time.

Until this day, the Great Battle of Mas Bay, the Aden naval cluster that launched a forceful attack on the Mas Bay waterway and the Imperial Navy Dragon Tooth battleships arranged in horizontal lines, like two blooming Manjushuahuas, suddenly appeared in the dark at the same time. Stretch out the petals. This was a contest between the wisdom and strength of the naval commanders of both sides. The heavy ironclads of the Aden Navy were like pushing plows to open a gap for the Aden warships behind them, but they had to stop because of the deep obstruction. Other Aden navy warships such as Like a pack of wolves, they rushed towards each other crazily. Both sides were trying their best to suppress the other's firepower and seize the attack position. "Hold on, don't mess up!"

"Stay steady and just move forward. Victory is ahead."

Maasfjord has been lit up by countless rays of light. From the fierce bombardment from the land forts on both sides of the fjord, from a distance, you can only see white light groups rising and falling high in the land, swelling high, and then spraying out. The torrential rain of gunfire was like a white meteor, cutting straight and pulling out streaks that were inconsistent. , trajectories of different lengths and directions, but appearing at the same time, intertwined with each other, leaping in arcs on the sea surface where the water column splashed, sudden bursts of shelling, rows and rows, covered with comb-like white streamers, reflecting On the solemn face of Commander-in-Chief of the Aden Navy, Isadi, and on the faces of all the Aden Navy Admirals

The one at the front was naturally the Aden Navy's latest heavy-duty ironclad ship, followed by the main large battleships. On both wings were extremely fast sail assault warships, which also used the standard triangle assault formation.

Naval warfare is far more important than land warfare to the influence of natural factors such as location, wind direction, and undercurrents. There are many battles in history where a fleet was suppressed by the enemy in the beginning, and thus gradually fell into a disadvantage in the subsequent battles and eventually lost. Lost the battle. Therefore, how to suppress or avoid being suppressed by the enemy in the early stages of a battle is a knowledge that any naval commander must master. However, how to turn knowledge into real combat effectiveness often depends on the commander's experience.

The commanders on both sides of this battle are extremely experienced.

Through the lookout glass in his hand, the Imperial Navy Commander-in-Chief Dostelenko could clearly see the oncoming Aden fleet. The four horizontal lines laid out by the Imperial Navy are like four iron ropes blocking the mad advance of the Aden Navy. The front iron rope has entered into a hand-to-hand battle with the Aden Navy. The fleets of both sides are firing head-on. The side of the Imperial Dragon Tooth battleship The burning balls thrown by Thor and the Aden Navy were like blooming fireworks!

White light cuts through the darkness, albeit only for a fleeting moment. However, for everyone, this moment was so long. They intertwined with each other, passed through the void, and plunged into the opponent's battleship cluster. Immediately, countless red fires exploded on the battleships, and countless Sawdust flew everywhere and exploded in everyone's eyes, shining brightly like stars.

"Rumble"

The Imperial Dragon-class battleship located on the second horizontal line raised its bow high, and the front main gun pulled out an arc-shaped red tail light. With the deafening roar, the beautiful and dazzling arc-shaped streamer made the entire The battlefield was eclipsed, and the target that was hit erupted with a big explosion of brilliance. Just one shot destroyed an Asian ship. Ding's large battleship was pierced through the belly. The main dragon-class battleship of the Empire, the Dragon of the Sea, was the sea fortress of the Imperial Navy. Its tonnage was only five times that of the ordinary Dragon Fang battleship. It carried one hundred and twenty thunder cannons and was arranged in three rows. The sight of the muzzle baffles being opened before the bombardment was like dragon scales suddenly standing up.

The Dragon-class is the ultimate weapon of the Imperial Navy. Dozens of bright portholes make this giant Dragon-class battleship look like a brightly lit castle suspended on the sea. When the incoming Aden battleship spotted the giant figure ahead, it felt like it was pushed hard by an invisible hand.

With a rumble, the side deck of the hull was beaten into a sieve, countless wood chips flew across the sky, and the blasted holes were exposed where the fire ball exploded. The whole ship looked like leaves smashed by a sudden heavy rain. Because more than thirty rounds of Thor bombs were hit on the side deck at the same time, the fire came directly from below the deck, mixed with a Large pieces of broken wood were thrown out mixed with unknown debris. The entire hull was shaken by the huge explosion, making a creaking sound. The second half of the hull was broken like this. From the upper and lower rows of the Dragon-class battleship The thunder god's salvo and the huge recoil directly caused the huge Dragon-class hull to move back more than ten meters on the water.

The heavy bow separated the sea water to both sides, blocking the waves one by one, and hit the hull of the nearby warship, forming a piece of white foam. After just a little preparation, the second salvo was fired wildly, the dragon class was powerful. of melee firepower and a massive hull The tonnage provides extremely effective support to the Navy's Dragon Tooth warships in the same fleet. The dragon's huge body lies across the sea, like a huge baffle. It even turns and swings the sails of a lighter Aden Navy. The speedboat crashed into a pile of debris,

"Where did the empire's dragon level come from!"

Isadi looked at this scene with green eyes, his hands tightly gripping the railings of the podium out of shock, the veins on the back of his hands swollen, and the feeling of being overturned in an instant made him want to vomit blood.

The emergence of the dragon class had a great impact on Isadi, and it had an even greater impact on the Aden Navy. The main force of the Aden Navy, which had suffered heavy casualties but still had high morale, was pushed forward as if it had been hit with a sap. The speed immediately slowed down a lot. The huge dragon-class silhouette in front made the voice of the Admiral of the Aden Navy shouting to advance suddenly cut off. Stopped, the black muzzles also appeared black and red under the light from both sides of the strait. In the face of powerful firepower and huge tonnage, the wolf attack of the Aden Navy sail warship scattered like waves hitting the cliff. The Aden Navy itself He thought he was about to rush into the sheep herd and start killing them wantonly, but suddenly he found a lion squatting among the sheep.

Wolf pack tactics are still mainly seen in army operations.

Compared with the army's wolf pack tactics, the navy's wolf pack tactics are more technical. Its main tactical idea is to use dispersed and interrelated movement routes to seize the attack position and destroy the enemy's entire fleet when the navy fleet engages in battle. formation. In order to achieve the purpose of suppressing, cutting and annihilating the opponent, when the attack is launched, it will attack in waves, which is very similar to the fighting method of wolves when killing large prey. Therefore, this tactic is imaged Named Wolf Pack Tactics. In the eyes of most commanders, there is nothing unusual about wolf pack tactics. Many people even think that using wolf pack tactics in battle is a very tasteless thing.

But we have to admit that the wolf pack tactics can maximize the number and assault advantages of the Aden Navy. If the Imperial Navy is a long-range shooter, the Aden Navy is an assault infantry holding a light shield. As long as it rushes over, it can pass. Gain dominance on the battlefield

But at this moment, they attacked in groups, biting their opponents, breaking up their formations, seizing attack positions and firing wantonly. Their perfect attack strategy was restrained and even brutally squeezed in front of the huge human shield of the Imperial Navy Dragon. The unexpected appearance of the Navy Dragon was a heavy blow to the Aden Navy, which was tantamount to pouring a whole basin of ice water on the fanatical head of the Aden Navy.

The dazzling explosion made every Aden navy tremble and shock in their hearts.

In particular, the fierce salvos from the upper and lower rows of the Dragon were like a volcanic eruption, which was enough to dazzle everyone's retinas. At close range, the large Aden battleship was ruthlessly covered, hit, and set on fire. The hull was shattered like a squeezed apple. The red flames exploded and burned from the inside of the cabin. At such a close distance, the explosive force was enough to blow a large sail warship from the middle. Just the impact caused the scattered fragments to explode on both sides. There were hundreds of cracks in the sail warship.

On the command bridge of one of the Dragon-class battleships, a young imperial squadron commander with flaxen hair stood tall and straight, with cold eyes, expressionlessly watching an Aden naval battleship on the right being beaten. There was an explosion, and countless deck fragments flew into the air in flames, reflecting on the face of the young commander like a huge volcano. He was none other than Commander Castil of the Empire's South China Sea Squadron.

The main battleship of the Imperial Navy, the Dragon class, cannot cross the narrow waterway of the Eero River. This is the biggest weakness of the main force of the Imperial Navy in this long-distance attack. It is also the main reason why the Aden Navy believes that it can gain a winning advantage. However, the Aden Navy has forgotten that the Imperial Navy The South China Sea Squadron has dragon-class main battleships, and the empire originally spent The shipbuilding industry that has been built along the southern coast of Central Africa with huge human and financial resources has finally come to fruition. Although it is not yet able to build Dragon-class battleships, it has the ability to produce and assemble some parts. Some parts of Dragon-class battleships pass through the waterway network in the southwest region. Shipped to China and then assembled in coastal docks.

Ten days are enough for the dragon class of the Empire's South China Sea Squadron to arrive at Mars Star Moon Bay.

This is another main reason why the emperor chose to place the decisive battlefield in Mas Bay. The eight Dragon-class battleships from the South China Sea Squadron in China will fill the biggest weakness gap of the Imperial Navy, and the ships that have traveled thousands of miles will fill the gap. The Aden Navy didn't even know that the gap in the Imperial Navy had been closed. According to the Aden Navy's familiarity with Mas Bay, , still arranged the strategy according to the previous predictions, and wrong judgment led to the wrong strategy. The enthusiasm of the Aden Navy made them extremely eager to start a decisive battle with the Imperial Navy as soon as possible. At the same time, in order to withstand the fierce bombardment of the Imperial Navy, the Aden Navy Naturally, they will regard the new ironclads with many shortcomings as disposable shields.

Anyway, the final result is sinking, it is better to use waste.

The new ironclad ship did not live up to the expectations of the Aden people. It successfully opened the way for the early stage of the decisive battle, but it also discarded the last possibility of defense for the Aden people.

On the slope of the dragon-class battleship, dozens of imperial dragon-tooth battleships were like a group of hungry wolves hunting bison. They seized the most advantageous attack position in an instant, took a posture, opened their mouths, and fiercely attacked those dragon-class battleships. The battleships were scattered by the Aden Navy warships. Watching these Aden Navy warships suddenly explode like fireworks.

Eight Imperial Navy squadrons lurking in the darkness, a total of one hundred and forty-seven Dragon Fang battleships, intertwined death bombardments, and flying light groups suddenly formed vertical and horizontal light networks,

The thick black smoke and the blazing fire on the wreckage of the battleship were mixed under the sky at the same time. It was like playing a tower defense game. Facing the swarming Aden Navy battleships, the encounter was a sure kill!

"Hit, shoot out all the ammunition."

“No need to reserve”

"There are so many, so many that my eyes are dazzled."

"Reload, quickly!"

"It feels so good. I have never felt so good."

The gun cabin was full of white smoke, and it was no longer possible to clear the area 30 meters away. The gunners choked and coughed violently. At the muzzle of the gun that had just been fired, the sea breeze directly rolled up the pungent sulfur smell and hit the people. Unable to open their eyes, the gunners could only cover their mouths with wet towels, otherwise the pungent ◇Ling Ling Reading Network◆ smell of sulfur would make it difficult to open their eyes.

Nearly crazy continuous shooting, abandoning all aiming links, regardless of whether it can hit or not, just tilting crazily in one direction, the shells roaring and raising countless water columns from the sea, the impact caused by the shooting and the vibration of the hull, stirring The sea water nearby is churning like boiling water